What we learned

This page outlines what we learned so far this year. It should help you decide which process to apply to a math problem.

• permutations of items
• combinations of items
• factorials
• evaluating expressions with variables
  • rules for adding/subtracting/multiplying/dividing positive and negative numbers
  • order of operations
  • exponents
• properties of real numbers
  • associative property
  • commutative property
  • distributive property
  • identitiy property of addition
  • identity property of multiplication
  • additive inverse
  • multiplicative inverse
• solving linear equations
  • adding and subtracting from both sides
  • multiplying and dividing all terms
  • distributve property
  • combining like terms
  • checking your solution
  • clearing fractions and decimals (converting to whole numbers)
• factors
  • prime factors
  • rules for divisibility
  • application of factors
    • simplifying fractions
    • simplying fractions before multiplication and division (cross cancelling)
    • greatest common factor
    • least common multiple (least common divisor)
• numeric representations
  • converting from a fraction to a decimal and percent
    • repeating decimals
  • converting from a percent to a decimal and fraction
  • converting from a decimal to a percent and fraction